Entertainment & Experiences in Austin, TX

Tiered outdoor patio with sightlines from every spot — Red River anchor since 2006

BBQ + 2,100-cap amphitheater + Sunday Gospel Brunch

LGBTQ+-owned venue with a huge patio — eclectic bookings and free/low-cover most nights

1915 vaudeville house on Congress Ave — the interior alone is worth it

Where Austin City Limits tapes for PBS — 100+ concerts a year

Free first Sundays — IMAX and 4D theater cost extra but worth it

Basement jazz club on Congress Ave — live jazz seven nights a week since 1991

Austin's blues temple since 1975 — Stevie Ray Vaughan played here

Free 10-mile trail around the lake — 1.5 million bats emerge at sunset (Mar-Oct)

1.5 million bats emerge at sunset — largest urban bat colony in North America, free to watch

Free in-store performances by major artists — Austin's legendary record store since 1982

Austin's last real dance hall — $10 two-step lessons Wed-Sat at 8pm

The original Alamo Drafthouse — they will kick you out for talking

40+ years of political satire and magic on Sixth Street — 90-minute shows

Live music every night since 1955 — 200-person room on South Congress

Independent shops, street music, iconic murals — free to stroll, First Thursdays are best

Ellsworth Kelly's colored glass chapel is the draw — free Tuesdays

Multiple stages running simultaneously — catch bands before they blow up

68-70 degree spring-fed pool year-round — three acres, where Austin goes to cool off

Free Broadway-style musical under the stars — Austin tradition since 1959

Real dinosaur trackway fossils and koi-filled Japanese garden — $3-8

102 limestone stairs to the best view in Austin — free, takes two minutes

Free Afrobeat Sundays in the backyard — one of Austin's most eclectic music spaces

Bungalow houses turned into bars with backyard patios — the chill alternative to Sixth Street

Texas's oldest beer garden — open since 1866, 160 years of cold beer and communal tables